It has been shown that the effect of strong magnetic field on the text
ured YBaCuO superconductors leads to a new phenomenon-magnetolaminatio
n. This phenomenon consists in mechanical lamination parallel to the a
b-plane into the thin platelets under the high magnetic field cycling.
A mechanism responsible for the textured sample cracking due to the h
igh magnetic field is proposed and discussed in detail. (C) 1997 Elsev
ier Science B.V.